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THIS DAY IN HISTORY - April 1st

Sam wrote 1 month ago: APRIL 1st, 1970:   The U.S. Army charges Captain Ernest Medina for his role in the My Lai massacre. … more →

Tags: History 2, Ernest Medina, My Lai, vietnam war, War crimes

PLEASE REMEMBER The My Lai Massacre 16-March-1968

Greg Lance-Watkins wrote 2 months ago: PLEASE REMEMBER The My Lai Massacre 16-March-1968 Hi, PLEASE REMEMBER On the 16-March-1968 a detatch … more →

Tags: Greg LANCE-WATKINS, greg_l-w., GL-W., John Kerry, My Lai Massacre, mai lai massacre, Viet Nam, US Military Attrocity, vietnam war

Chuck Hagel and Murder in Vietnam | TomDispatch Or The Damaged Psyches Of The US' Best And Brightest

jimhadstate wrote 3 months ago: Marines from Battalion Landing Team 3/4 on board a Marine helicopter en route to Phu Bai from Da Nan … more →

Tags: The Scarlet Pimpernel, Elections, corruption, Economic Systems, neoliberal capitalism, Socialism, Capitalism, United States of North America, communism

Afghan Massacre Testimony- 2 Separate Killing Sprees, Infanticide,a Funeral Pyre and another reason to leave Afghanistan now.1 comment

therealmcteag wrote 6 months ago: Has over a decade of War caused the Military to lower its Recruiting Standards and overlook troops i … more →

Tags: Politics, Star Trek, Crime, Afghan Massacre, Robert Bales, Kandahar massacre, War in Afghanistan, united states, Afghan Massacre

On Seeing and Solidarity: Jimmy Carter, Palestine, Vietnam

Mark Chmiel wrote 7 months ago: 1. In his 2007 book Palestine Peace Not Apartheid, former U.S. president Jimmy Carter had this to sa … more →

Tags: Compositions, The War-making State, vietnam war, Jimmy Carter, bil'in

AMERICAN ARMED FORCES

uhurumwinyi wrote 8 months ago:   English: Gunnery Sergeant rank insignia for the United States Marine Corps. (Photo credit: Wi … more →

Tags: Views and Opinions, united states, NATO, Afghanistan, International Security Assistance Force, United States Marine Corps, Douglas MacArthur, Gulf War

UPDATE: Notebook, 17 May 2012: Covered in Glory2 comments

papicek wrote 1 year ago: Sorry, Diane Dimond, but regarding Sgt. Robert Bales and the armed forces of the United States, your … more →

Tags: foreign_policy, notebook, Afghanistan, media, iraq, Terrorism, diane dimond, Frank Wuterich, Haditha

Just saying: difficulties with US justice1 comment

janefae wrote 1 year ago: Somewhere at the heart of United States assumptions about “justice” and “fairness” lives a bloody bi … more →

Tags: Gay, Double Standards, Law, Justice, US, Extradition, Homosexuality, My Lai, Richard O'Dwyer

Not a Gentleman's War by Ron Milam

vvaposted wrote 1 year ago: Ron Milam’s Not a Gentleman’s War: An Inside View of Junior Officers in the Vietnam War … more →

Tags: nonfiction, History, vietnam war, Marc Leepson, Ron Milam, My Lai Massacre

Frosty Wooldridge -- Insane Afghanistan war creating more insanity

Gunny G wrote 1 year ago: Let’s deal with this fact: we lost the Afghanistan war. We lost the Iraq war. Why? George W. Bush di … more →

Tags: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Crazy, George W. Bush, insane, Insanity, iraq, mentally ill, U S Army

This Summer I Hear The Drumming, Sixteen Dead in Panjwai

Samir Chopra wrote 1 year ago: It seems a peculiarly American destiny, hovering over the heads of this nation and its people, to ke … more →

Tags: Politics, Military History, vietnam war, Afghanistan War, NATO, Panjwai massacre, My Lai

Afghanistan...Carry On Up The Khyber

fitzjameshorse wrote 1 year ago: The bad news coming out of Afghanistan is truly shocking. Late last week six British soldiers were k … more →

Tags: Afghanistan, united states, War, Terrorism, My Li, Vietnam, Bloody Sunday

The Geneva Conventions, My Lai, and Haditha

howielisnoff wrote 1 year ago: The Geneva Conventions, My Lai, and Haditha The Haditha killings in Iraq on November 19, 2005 by US … more →

Tags: Afghanistan. Winter Soldier 1971, Alberto Gonzales, Atrocities, Barack Obama, civilian deaths in war, dick cheney, George W. Bush, Haditha, iraq

John Tirman> Why Was No One Punished for America's "My Lai" in Iraq?

wammtoday wrote 1 year ago: Why Was No One Punished for America’s “My Lai” in Iraq? The U.S. military presence … more →

Tags: Military Madness, War/Military, Seymour Hersh, American Myth, Frank Wuterich, Haditha Massacre, Wuterich, Calley, No Gun Ri

Be a humanitarian matchmaker - Avrum's Article, CJN, February 9, 2012

avrum wrote 1 year ago: The Vietnam War came into our homes in the 1960s and ’70s through the nightly news and newspaper hea … more →

Tags: Human Rights, Canadian Jewish News, Humanitarian, CJN, Viet Nam, thic, Phan Thi Kim Phuc, Saigon, My Lai

Freedom To Choose- To Remove The Hand Of Political Oppression2 comments

angrymanspeaks wrote 1 year ago: Freedom of choice. Freedom to vote. Freedom to choose our Leaders. Well, at least the freedom to cho … more →

Tags: Politics 2, Freedom of Speech, Freedom, Elections, obama, Fascism, ows, Protests, Wall Street

Game Of Pepper6 comments

David Gillaspie wrote 1 year ago: by David Gillaspie Now you know the color of pepper spray. Maybe you guessed red instead of orange, … more →

Tags: College, Protest, Culture, Essay, People, Boomer generation, Stress, David Gillaspie, California

One village's pain2 comments

josephyarnold wrote 1 year ago:   Competing buzzing – from the cicadas overhead and a chainsaw somewhere in the distance – are the o … more →

Tags: rtw travel, vietnam war, around the world trave, My Lai Massacre, My Lai, Son My village, Hugh Thompson, charlie company, Pinkville

Reconciliation, Biology, and the Second Indochina War12 comments

Patrick Clarkin wrote 2 years ago: “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” ……… … more →

Tags: Hmong, War and Health, Altruism, Reconciliation, Refugees, biocultural, Southeast Asian, Cooperation and Conflict, Laos


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